Finding Forgiveness and Restoration in Failure! Failure is No Stranger to God’s People! ¬ Jesus’ Word of Peter’s Failure. Mark 14:27-31 ¬ Peter’s Failure and Fall! Matthew 26:69-75 Luke 22:61 Immediately while He was still speaking, a rooster crowed. 61 The Lord turned and looked at Peter. And Peter remembered the word of the Lord, […]
Troubles Come! But So Does Peace and Victory! Acts 14:22 Paul returned to Iconium and to Antioch, 22 strengthening the souls of the disciples, encouraging them to continue in the faith and saying, Through Many Tribulations we must enter the kingdom of God. James 1:2 Consider it all joy, my brethren, when you encounter various […]
Armed with the Gospel! Revelation 12:7-11 John 16:33 These things I have spoken to you, so that in Me you may have peace. In the world you have tribulation, but take courage; I have overcome the world! In Christ, We Overcome! 1 John 2:13,14; 4:4; 5:4-5 I. Who We Overcome! Accuser of the Brethren: Zechariah […]
Finding Peace and Overcoming in the Midst of Your Troubles! Romans 8:26-39 John 16:33 These things I have spoken to you, so that in Me you may have peace. In the world you have tribulation, but take courage; I have overcome the world! An Illustration from Job 1: Job Worshipped and Overcame: He Worshipped Our […]
One Thing You Lack! Luke 18:18-31 In the Midst of Trials and the Uncertainties of Life David Sought the One Thing: God and His Presence! Psalm 27:4 One thing I have asked from the Lord, that I will seek: That I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, […]
When All God’s Goodness Passes By! Exodus 33:12-19 – Exodus 34:5-7 – When All God’s Goodness Passes John 1:14 and the Word became flesh and dwelt among us and we beheld His glory, glory of the only begotten of the Father, full of Grace and Truth! Acts 10:38 You know of Jesus of Nazareth, how […]
Dr Joel Gregory Session #4 9. The Power and Impotence of Words in Proverbs The impact of words 18:14; 12:18b; 25 The harmful scope of words 6:14; 16:27b Never substitute for actions 14:23 The value of reticence 17:28 10. Numerical Sayings 30 Four insatiable things 30:15-16 Four things that incite wonder 30:18-19 Four things that […]
Dr Joel Gregory Session #3 7. The Sluggard in Proverbs The absurdity of his excuses 22:13; 26:13 Revolving in one place 26:14 Incarcerated in inertia 26:15; 19:24 “Not takin’ care of bidness” 24:30-34 8. The FRiend in Proverbs Saying “no” to a friend 6:1-5 Saying “yes” to a friend 3:27-28 The reliability of a friend […]
Dr Joel Gregory Session #2 5. God in Proverbs A sense of sin 20:9 An offer of grace 28:13 God and your plans 19:21 God and your fears 29:25 6. The Fool in Proverbs A Case Study 7 The horizon of the fool 17:24 The obsession of the fool 26:11 The danger of the fool […]
Dr Joel Gregory Session#1 Introduction 1. The Genre – Third Viewpoint 2. The Parallelisms Synonymous Antithetical Synthetic Comparison Similitude Numerical 3. The Movements 1:1-9:18 Stories 10:1-22:16 “One-liners” 22:17-24:34 Different Viewpoints 25-29 Collections from Others 30:1-31:31 Numerical Some Representative Themes in Proverbs 1. The Ubiquity of Wisdom at Home and Everywhere -1 At home 1:8 In […]